Friday, June 30, 2023

I see just one bird...


I see just one bird
but a dozen hidden birds
sing all around me

--jmb

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Heron: Sumi-e on rice paper


the great blue heron stands
motionless at water's edge
fish stay deep and safe

--jmb

Thursday, June 01, 2023

 Submerged log: pen, ink, colored pencil on multimedia paper


so effortlessly
do the green leaves float and bob
around submerged logs

--jmb


Bee: Ink on rice paper, stencilled

two bumblebees hum,
and drift among phlox blossoms
gathering nectar

--jmb


Rabbit: sumi-e on rice paper

quiet morning walk
startled rabbit startles me
both wide-eyed, trembling

-jmb